American Standard Version - King James Version

ASV 1901 < < Jeremiah 16 > > KJV 1769

1 The prophet, under the types of abstaining from marriage, from houses of mourning and feasting, foresheweth the utter ruin of the Jews, 10 because they were worse than their fathers. 14 Their return from captivity shall be stranger than their deliverance out of Egypt. 16 God will doubly recompense their idolatry.

16:3
For thus saith Jehovah concerning the sons and concerning the daughters that are born in this place, and concerning their mothers that bare them, and concerning their fathers that begat them in this land:

16:3
Forº
thusº
saithºº
the LORDº
concerningº
the sonsº
and concerningº
the daughtersº
that are bornººº
in thisº
place,º
and concerningº
their mothersº
that bareºº
them, and concerningº
their fathersº
that begatºº
them in thisº
land;º

16:4
They shall die grievous deaths: they shall not be lamented, neither shall they be buried; they shall be as dung upon the face of the ground; and they shall be consumed by the sword, and by famine; and their dead bodies shall be food for the birds of the heavens, and for the beasts of the earth.

16:4
They shall dieºº
of grievousº
deaths;º
they shall notº
be lamented;ºº
neitherº
shall they be buried;ºº
[but] they shall be as dungº
uponº
the faceº
of the earth:º
and they shall beº
consumedºº
by the sword,º
and by famine;º
and their carcasesº
shall be meatº
for the fowlsº
of heaven,º
and for the beastsº
of the earth.º

16:5
For thus saith Jehovah, Enter not into the house of mourning, neither go to lament, neither bemoan them; for I have taken away my peace from this people, saith Jehovah, even lovingkindness and tender mercies.

16:6
Both great and small shall die in this land; they shall not be buried, neither shall men lament for them, nor cut themselves, nor make themselves bald for them;

16:6
Both the greatº
and the smallº
shall dieºº
in thisº
land:º
they shall notº
be buried,ºº
neitherº
shall [men] lamentºº
for them, norº
cutºº
themselves,º
norº
make themselves baldºº
for them:

16:7
neither shall men break [bread] for them in mourning, to comfort them for the dead; neither shall men give them the cup of consolation to drink for their father or for their mother.

16:7
Neitherº
shall [men] tearºº
[themselves] for them inº
mourning,º
to comfortºº
them forº
the dead;ºº
neitherº
shall [men] give them the cupº
of consolationº
to drinkºº
forº
their fatherº
or forº
their mother.º

16:8
And thou shalt not go into the house of feasting to sit with them, to eat and to drink.

16:8
Thou shalt notº
also goºº
into the houseº
of feasting,º
to sitºº
withº
them to eatºº
and to drink.ºº

16:9
For thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, I will cause to cease out of this place, before your eyes and in your days, the voice of mirth and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride.

16:9
Forº
thusº
saithºº
the LORDº
of hosts,º
the Godº
of Israel;º
Behold,º
I will cause to ceaseºº
out ofº
thisº
placeº
in your eyes,º
and in your days,º
the voiceº
of mirth,º
and the voiceº
of gladness,º
the voiceº
of the bridegroom,º
and the voiceº
of the bride.º

16:10 ¶
And it shall come to pass, when thou shalt show this people all these words, and they shall say unto thee, Wherefore hath Jehovah pronounced all this great evil against us? or what is our iniquity? or what is our sin that we have committed against Jehovah our God?

16:11
Then shalt thou say unto them, Because your fathers have forsaken me, saith Jehovah, and have walked after other gods, and have served them, and have worshipped them, and have forsaken me, and have not kept my law;

16:11
Then shalt thou sayºº
untoº
them, Becauseºº
your fathersº
have forsakenºº
me, saithºº
the LORD,º
and have walkedººº
afterº
otherº
gods,º
and have servedºº
them, and have worshippedºº
them, and have forsakenºº
me, and have notº
keptºº
my law;º

16:12
and ye have done evil more than your fathers; for, behold, ye walk every one after the stubbornness of his evil heart, so that ye hearken not unto me:

16:12
And yeº
have doneºº
worseºº
than your fathers;ºº
for, behold,º
ye walkºº
every oneº
afterº
the imaginationº
of his evilº
heart,º
that they may notº
hearkenºº
untoº
me:

16:13
therefore will I cast you forth out of this land into the land that ye have not known, neither ye nor your fathers; and there shall ye serve other gods day and night; for I will show you no favor.

16:14 ¶
Therefore, behold, the days come, saith Jehovah, that it shall no more be said, As Jehovah liveth, that brought up the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt;

16:14 ¶
Therefore,º
behold,º
the daysº
come,ºº
saithºº
the LORD,º
that it shall noº
moreº
be said,ºº
The LORDº
liveth,º
thatº
brought upººº
the childrenº
of Israelº
out of the landºº
of Egypt;º

16:15
but, As Jehovah liveth, that brought up the children of Israel from the land of the north, and from all the countries whither he had driven them. And I will bring them again into their land that I gave unto their fathers.

16:15
But,ºº
The LORDº
liveth,º
thatº
brought upººº
the childrenº
of Israelº
from the landºº
of the north,º
and from allºº
the landsº
whitherºº
he had drivenºº
them: and I will bring them againºº
intoº
their landº
thatº
I gaveºº
unto their fathers.º

16:16 ¶
Behold, I will send for many fishers, saith Jehovah, and they shall fish them up; and afterward I will send for many hunters, and they shall hunt them from every mountain, and from every hill, and out of the clefts of the rocks.

16:16 ¶
Behold,º
I will sendºº
for manyº
fishers,ººº
saithºº
the LORD,º
and they shall fishºº
them; and afterºº
will I sendºº
for manyº
hunters,º
and they shall huntºº
them fromºº
everyº
mountain,º
and fromºº
everyº
hill,º
and out of the holesºº
of the rocks.º

16:17
For mine eyes are upon all their ways; they are not hid from my face, neither is their iniquity concealed from mine eyes.

16:18
And first I will recompense their iniquity and their sin double, because they have polluted my land with the carcasses of their detestable things, and have filled mine inheritance with their abominations.

16:18
And firstº
I will recompenseºº
their iniquityº
and their sinº
double;º
becauseº
they have defiledººº
my land,º
they have filledººº
mine inheritanceº
with the carcasesº
of their detestableº
and abominable things.º

16:19
O Jehovah, my strength, and my stronghold, and my refuge in the day of affliction, unto thee shall the nations come from the ends of the earth, and shall say, Our fathers have inherited nought but lies, [even] vanity and things wherein there is no profit.